[applause] [cheering] narrator that game was not won by the man who made that touchdown, it was by 18. And every man had a share in winning it. Now were playing another kind of a game now only this one is , not for fun. It is for keeps. [gunfire] narrator this game will not be won by any single player. It will be won by a team a team , called the united nations. The ball will be carried by backfield, the tough little guy from china, big joe russia, john britain, and the guy called yank. The four greatest backs in the world. So lets take a look at the men who carry the ball with us. Who are they . How do they live . What makes them tick . We will start with the one that is toughest to understand, the one we know just enough about to confuse us, john britain. Here is where he lives, a Little Island no larger than idaho. Half a Million People live in idaho. 96 times that many live in Great Britain. The the nazis and the japs complain about living space, but there are more people on a thene island of britain germany or japan or italy, more people anywhere on earth then except on the new york subway. That is a clue that explains a lot about john britain. We built front porches on our houses because we do not want to miss the chance to see our neighbors. But Great Britain hides himself and plants iox hedge around that to make sure he doesnt. Living that close to neighbors, privacy is part of the pursuit of happiness. And in the sardine can call the britain they learn to get on , with neighbors. They have to, he is too dam close damn close. That is why they have so little time. Believe it or not, even in war times, the british officer does not carry a gun. Nor does the professional crook. And in 1926, when the world heard about this stoppage of work in britain transportation, the whole length of the country was paralyzed by a general strike. It was still more surprised to learn next day that the strikers were playing football with the cops. You can only understand if you live in a sardine can. The second clue of this guy on our team, no part of britain is more than 100 miles from the sea. Every day for hundreds of years, years of peace and years of war, john britain has seen ships sail from his island to the seven seas. That means, whenever he wants to bust out of the sardine can, it him. E see that gets he has been busting out for hundreds of years. And that led to australia, south africa, new zealand, canada, and for that matter, the United States of america. Narrator how did john britain get on our team . Remember 1938 . The yankees won the pennant, the wrong way corrigan, last trains ran on the 6th avenue l, well, john britain got excited about the same sort of things. Say, he had his job. Sizeids, getting exact or on his day off his exercise on his day off, playing football [applause] narrator only 300 miles away, people were cheering another kind of event. [shouting] narrator and in london and every other british city in town, they were reading about what was going on in europe and and they got sore about it. , but they were well determined to keep it none of their business. Then, this looks bad. The czechs had an agreement with france, and france had one with Great Britain. This might mean war even though , everybody was anxious to avoid it. They had been through one war, perhaps been wounded. Hundreds of thousands of brothers and friends had been killed. There was nothing beautiful to them about war and they had , no desire for another. The last effort to preserve peace, the Prime Minister today flew to munich. Narrator all is well. Britain, france, italy and many were signing a packed a pact, in which the germans agreed they had no further territorial claims to make. It would be peace in our time. But it turned out to be a strange sort of peace. Hitlers first move was to break the pact he had signed. Wishful thinking was done. Now they knew that something had to be done about germany. They approved the construction conscription act, the first piece in british history, just like in American History. Narrator the british had put their cards on the table. They had said to hitlers if you go into poland, we will fight. Hitlers smiled. Like other conquerors of britain, the spain, napoleon, kaiser wilhelm, he that he understood the british. He did not. [explosion] narrator the sleeping lions again to wake up. They were terrible for the First Six Months of the war. He snapped and growled. Leaflets andd more bombs. He hoped that common sense would return to the german people, and that they would throw out hitlers and the german warlords. Ead at dawn this morning, the german armies without warning invaded the neutral countries of luxembourg and belgium. The king of the belgians to date surrendered his armies of more than half a million men. French chief of state has asked for armistice. Narrator britain was alone. Czechoslovakia occupied, poland defeated, denmark gone norway gone, holland, belgium, france gone. Only britain now. Britain was alone. Hitlers considered the war over. Everybody considered the war over except the british. On the 11th hour, the lion was roused. Will defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on beaches, in fields, in streets and on the hills, we shall never surrender. [siren] narrator for a year, they took everything that the nazis could throw at them. For one solid year from june 1940 until 1941, they were the only major power fighting the greatest war machine in the world. [explosion] [sirens] narrator they took body blow after body blow, solid punches before they even had their guard up. All they did was take it on the chin and hang on to the ropes. They never went down. And while they buried their dead , they prepared grimly and finally for the day when they could strike back. There were no victories, just defeat after defeat. Some heroic like the beaches of dunkirk, or like the hills of greece, where british soldiers landed to keep their place of honor with the greek people. Landed knowing that they were facing overwhelming odds, but some left glorious. Hong kong, singapore, and burma. But through all of these long months, the british people were thinking and planning and working, only for the day when they themselves could take the offensive. And that day came. [airplane motors] [gunfire] narrator it was the british that made the germans realize that war could be brought to german soil too. Day after day, night after night. [explosion] narrator the offensive continued in greater and greater strength. Thats in the air, and on the ground 1500 miles away in north , africa. [explosion] [cannon fire] narrator 1700 miles in 122 days. 1700 miles of sand, and wind, and enemies. Whats more, the people of Great Britain heard their church bells ring. [bells ringing] narrator more than three years earlier, they had been warned that this would be the signal of invasion. But long since the nightmare of the threat of invasion had passed, now the bells rang out in the song of thanksgiving, the song of victory. [bells ringing] narrator now there is the plain and simple truth about Great Britain, but those on the axis team know that the only chance of winning is to spin our team up. So his team plays a game in which they have had a lot of practice, a game called divide and conquer. Men like these tell the british we are not taking the war seriously. They tell the russians we are letting them down. They tell the british the russians will sell them out. They tell us it is ridiculous for the warmonger roosevelt to tell the American People that they have anything in common with the british. On the contrary, they are different in every respect. Narrator well there are , differences, that is true. For instance, we drive on the right side of the road. Britain we go for baseball. [applause] narrator they have another number called cricket. [applause] narrator and anyone who ever drank coffee over there knows why there will always be an england. Is your coffee alright, sir . Give us a glass of half an hour. Blimey, you would think of the poor old mill. He gets his watch. And then tchaikovskys smaller piano seller retirement. I do they always mush so much with corn in their mouth . You cannot understand a word they say. Narrator yes there are , differences, but there are a few things britain and america have in common. And these are the important things in life. A little thing called a free representative government, we call it congress. They call it parliament. A little thing called freedom of speech. In the next war, you dont have to go to it. They will bring the war to you. The trenches are just outside. This meeting is called under the American Workers body. An organization dedicated to the organizing of the working class of america. Narrator freedom of the press, freedom of religion. They may not be important to hitler, but all of these things are the common heritage of john john q. Public and Great Britain. Several years ago, our ancestors fought for the magna carta. No one will be denied or delayed write or justice. Narrator 300 years ago the petition for rights. No man should be compelled to yield any tax without act of parliament. Narrator these came to our country with the earliest settlers, and then and from them developed. Congress will make new laws in respect of religion, where speechng the freedom of or the press or the right of the people to peaceably assemble. Narrator we make gags about the accent, but we speak the same language of freedom. Even when we wrote the declaration, we were at each others throats. We were free to say you cannot but respect to their cause and wish to make it your own. Narrator and alongside his great naval hero, john britain and his naval hero nelson, john britain has put george washington. Square,arliament abraham lincoln. Of course, hitler does not like this kind of talk. His job is to sell the british that we are a nation of money grubbers and gangsters. While in the next studio, he is telling us the idea that the british are dopes. That john q public and john britain are entirely different. All right hitler, where of these miners . Wales or West Virginia . These farmers, devonshire or wisconsin . These steelworkers, sheffield or pittsburgh . These children, american or british . They live in lands which share the same hope the same ideals, and unlike the poor children of germany, in lands where the truth is free. Narrator but lets not kid ourselves, Great Britain is not the United States. And the United States is not britain. For instance, we do not go for this kind of thing. They do. But there is no mystery about that. Remember our grandmothers house . It was oldfashioned and out of date, passed down by generations, and filled with relics even grandmother could not understand. Well, john britain has been living in his house for a long time. That is why to us that live in the modern house that we built ourselves to suit ourselves, in Great Britain, there are traditions, like the king for instance. The present king road to the same coronation in the same coach to the same church that his ancestors did. But the job he took on is very different from theirs. There are some changes made, for the british king can no longer make laws or impose taxes or interfere with the government. Work as hardmily as any other citizen, doing the job people expect of them he is , a servant of the people and and not its ruler. When an american is arrested and brought to trial, the bailiff calls his case. The people versus john doe. Narrator but if such a case were called in john doe Great Britain the king versus john doe. Narrator it means the same thing. Today, the king is a symbol of the people. The british are great fans of buckingham palace, but when they sing god save the king, they are not worrying about his health. Bless the british people. And the dukes and girls earls, people took away the power of the lords. Dukes and earls do not run the country anymore. Today there are only two people who do that, john britain and his wife. As mr. To the polls just and mrs. John q public do here and elect their representatives to the house of commons. And they fix the taxes and make the laws. And if they want to get rid of their representatives, they can at any time vote them out of existence. But john doesnt want to get rid of them, so he confuses us by keeping dukes and earls in a country where unions have long been accepted as a democratic system where the labour party , controlled by the unions is one of the two great political parties. Where longshoremen and Railroad Engineers have been ministers of the time. And for 30 years they have had , social security, even more extensive than our own. So when you read about the lords, former head of air traffic production do not think think they got them because of their families. They got them because they were the best man for the jobs, just as the former labor leader and now member of the war cabinet, started as an errand boy that is now the minister of home security, got there important heir important jobs because they were the best men for them. But the things on the surface, differ. But the important part of their lives, they are run the same way, the democratic way, the freeway. But this gentleman never bothered about the troops. And when john britain started carrying the war to germany, he tried a. A new line. To save the British Empire. Narrator ok, lets take a look at that one. Here is the British Empire. Here is where the germans were headed after britain declared war. Does that look like trying to save the empire . Tackling germany when it was headed to poland and russia . With one direction where there were no british possessions . After poland fell, hitler tried to do peace with the british. This was a perfect chance to save the empire. But it wasnt saving the empire that the british were thinking about. His majestys government, in respect of any peace offer by r, we are not in any circumstances prepared to negotiate with him at any time of any subject. [applause] narrator and after britain had been on the losing end month after month, it had another chance to save the empire. Even now, hitlers thought john britain would make a deal. We heard the british answer. What kind of people do they think we are . Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget . [applause] and lets take a look at the British Empire. The freedom we fought for in 1776, britain has since freely given to canada, australia, new zealand, south africa. These are independent nations, with their own parliaments, their own laws, even their own money systems, their own tariffs, which often work to the disadvantage, their own armies and navies. Narrator britain could not even take them into war if she wanted to. Each one of the British Commonwealth of nations declared war on germany of its own free will. No one ever talks about the British Empire today without mentioning india. And men of goodwill in Great Britain as well as other countries have been outspoken in their demand for indian freedom. No man who believes in democracy four can support the foreign rule of any people. But there are things that many of us do not know about india. For instance, that india pays no taxes to britain, either directly or indirectly. That the indians fix their on their own tariff laws frequently to britains , disadvantage. Of the council 11 of the 15 , members are indian. And in the courts, 10 of every 11 judges. Furthermore, no indian has ever been conscripted for the service in the army and navy. It was voluntary enlistment that raised the indian army from 170,000 to the outbreak of war to a million and a quarter today. And on the subject of india, listen to the words of field Marshal John Christian smuts. He fought against the british 40 years ago, was defeated in his fight, and still became the leader of one of the British Commonwealth of nations. Prime minister of south africa. India, if she will, can be free in the same way and by the same means as canada and , australia, and new zealand. Our today sovereign states. Those people worked out the constitution for themselves. The same course is open to india if the peoples of india will agree about the terms of a free constitution. Freedom is not a thing that can be imposed from without. It can only be created from within. The indians have a responsibility to reconcile the differences that exist in the its indian population with hundreds of different languages, religions, and on march the 11th, 1942, the British Government placed itself on record and promised full selfgovernment to india if india will work out a constitution that will satisfy its people after the war is over. But during this war, military leaders agree that allied troops are needed in india as a democratic block keep the nazis and japs from uniting. There, it provides the basis to get at the japs from burma. In other parts of the empire, democracy stand on guard. If it werent for the british in andcyprus, alexandria they are hanging onto them regardless of the cost. Without the drive to tripoli, there would have been no north american no american landing in north africa. There is another tune the nazis play about the British Empire. The british are fighting sitting back, letting others fight the war for them. Narrator we know that too well. Written will fight britain will fight. The troops that thousands of canadians and australians and New Zealanders have gallantly fought and gallantly died in crete, in greece in libya. ,but there is something the nazis wont see, something pretty important. Out of every 10 inhabitants of the British Empire, one comes from britain. But of the casualties suffered so far in this war, seven out of 10 were born and raised in britain. One of 10 in population, seven of 10 in casualties. Air, of the planes flying with